Excellent article, Maxim. One of your best. The quality of writing and content just keeps improving. Ditto on the "wisdom" -- most don't get it until much later in life, if at all.
Thumbs up on the content and the writing. We usually experience these lessons much later in our lives within the western culture. I think your choice for your journey is a wise one.
That is, has been, a hard-pushed rationale for multiple generations, now & I see it tossed off & around without thought, as if "of course!" rather than & instead of the divide/conquer inculcation it is.
Which is not to say that prior to the full court press inculcations we are all, mostly, familiar with family was golden. Weak & mediocre families have always been … & so therefore have weak & mediocre institutional replacements of, substitutions for, family always been.
I came to your musings by way of your fathers by way of Doug Casey … & I don’t think its controversial to say your parents’ actions on their family’s behalf can be denied or discounted. Or that those blessings shouldn’t be counted first & counted often.
Fun, but not so much “a show about nothing,” from before your time, & maybe before your parents time, too:
Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,
And then one day he was shootin at some food,
And up through the ground come a bubblin crude.
Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea.
Well the first thing you know ol Jed's a millionaire,
The kinfolk said "Jed move away from there"
Said "Californy is the place you ought to be"
So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly
Hills, that is. Swimmin pools, movie stars.
Old Jed bought a mansion, lordy it was swank
Next door neighbor's the president of the bank.
Lotta folks complaining but the banker found no fault
'Cause all Jed's millions, was a-sitting in the vault!
Redemption funds. Stocks and bonds.
Well now it's time to say good bye to Jed and all his kin.
And they would like to thank you folks fer kindly droppin in.
You're all invited back next week to this locality
To have a heapin helpin of their hospitality
Hillbilly that is. Set a spell, Take your shoes off.
Y'all come back now, y'hear?
And here’s a hillbilly less fictional whose refrain speaks too to family - & weak institutions:
I WROTE THE NOTE BELOW FOR POSTNG AS A COMMENT TO BILL BONNER'S, BPR SUBSTACK, ESSAY OF OCTOBRER 11TH.
IT NOW OCCURS TO ME THAT THE AGE GROUP ADDRESSED BY MAXIM MAY BE THOSE WHO COULD PROFIT MOST BY INTERNALIZING THIS MESSAGE. LIAM
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EXCELLENT BILL---AS ALWAYS. THANKS FOR ADDING CYNICALISM TO OUR ETYMOLOGICAL EXCURSIONS. PERMIT ME TO COIN ANOTHER: "SINERGY'. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH "SYNERGY". BUT INSTEAD, WITH THE ROOT WORD "SIN". NOTE THAT WAR ALMOST ALWAYS (PERHAPS THE "ALMOST" IS NOT NEEDED) HAS ROOTS IN POWER, MONEY, AND SEX. NOTE ALSO, MONEY, POWER, AND SEX, ARE ALSO OFTEN CITED AS THE ROOTS OF EVIL, i.e., "SIN".
Those people who are fomenting wars, are committing egregious sins. They are preparing to send our lambs to slaughter. Do not allow yourself to be one of their victims. IT IS A CON GAME, MY FRIENDS. RUN BY THE RICHEST OF THE RICH FOR THE PURPOSE OF AGGRANDIZING THEIR ALREADY OBSCENE WEALTH. DO NOT BE CONNED YET AGAIN.
ALMOST ALWAYS, WHEN WE READ ABOUT WAR, THE WRITER EXPRESSES HIMSELF IN TERMS OF MONEY, WAR MATERIEL EXPENDED, CASUALTIES, ETC.
HOW CASUALLY DOES THE WORD "CASUALTIES" ROLL OFF OUR TONGUES.
PLEASE PERMIT ME TO COIN AN ACRONYM. UHMs---NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH OHMs.
BY UHMs I AM REFERRING TO "UNITS OF HUMAN MISEREY". AND NOT JUST THE MISERY OF THE BRAVE SOULS WHO MUST MARCH OFF TO WAR. BUT ALSO, THE MISERY OF THOSE WHO STAY HOME---AND FIE. AND PERHAPS MOST TORTURED OF ALL---THE WEE ONES WITH THEIR WEE BIT OF BIT OF MEMORY OF THEIR BELOVED PAPA WHO WENT OFF TO WAR---AND NEVER RETURNED. PERHAPS THESE WEE ONES ARE THE GREATEST VICTIMS OF ALL. FOR IT IS THEY WHO WILL CARRY THEIR PAIN, GRIEF, AND SORROW TO THEIR GRAVES. AMEN.
SINCERELY,
LIAM OF LIAM'S LADSDER
P. S. PERHAPS ONE OF OUR NUMBERS CRUNCHERS OUT THERE CAN CONVERT DOLLARS AND CENTS INTO UHMs.
Excellent article, Maxim. One of your best. The quality of writing and content just keeps improving. Ditto on the "wisdom" -- most don't get it until much later in life, if at all.
I completely agree! Excellent content and writing, Maxim. Cheers!
Hi young man. You have gained the wisdom that I got to realize when I am in my 40s with a friend’s help. Congratulations!
Thumbs up on the content and the writing. We usually experience these lessons much later in our lives within the western culture. I think your choice for your journey is a wise one.
"Life is short, but the years are long."
Robert A. Heinlein
I wasnt going to read the article. Thought i'd glance over a few paras and ended up reading it all. Kept wondering what the next part would cover.
Why didn't you include the mountains you climbed ???
Ha I should have added that too…
"...bigger goals..." than family?
That is, has been, a hard-pushed rationale for multiple generations, now & I see it tossed off & around without thought, as if "of course!" rather than & instead of the divide/conquer inculcation it is.
Which is not to say that prior to the full court press inculcations we are all, mostly, familiar with family was golden. Weak & mediocre families have always been … & so therefore have weak & mediocre institutional replacements of, substitutions for, family always been.
I came to your musings by way of your fathers by way of Doug Casey … & I don’t think its controversial to say your parents’ actions on their family’s behalf can be denied or discounted. Or that those blessings shouldn’t be counted first & counted often.
Fun, but not so much “a show about nothing,” from before your time, & maybe before your parents time, too:
Come and listen to my story about a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,
And then one day he was shootin at some food,
And up through the ground come a bubblin crude.
Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea.
Well the first thing you know ol Jed's a millionaire,
The kinfolk said "Jed move away from there"
Said "Californy is the place you ought to be"
So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly
Hills, that is. Swimmin pools, movie stars.
Old Jed bought a mansion, lordy it was swank
Next door neighbor's the president of the bank.
Lotta folks complaining but the banker found no fault
'Cause all Jed's millions, was a-sitting in the vault!
Redemption funds. Stocks and bonds.
Well now it's time to say good bye to Jed and all his kin.
And they would like to thank you folks fer kindly droppin in.
You're all invited back next week to this locality
To have a heapin helpin of their hospitality
Hillbilly that is. Set a spell, Take your shoes off.
Y'all come back now, y'hear?
And here’s a hillbilly less fictional whose refrain speaks too to family - & weak institutions:
https://x.com/KathleenWinche3/status/1843482851385454823?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1843482851385454823%7Ctwgr%5Eb265f9475105853310ae8f9cf693535c9421ab79%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheferalirishman.blogspot.com%2F
PLEASE FORGIVE CAPS---ALMOST BLIND
I WROTE THE NOTE BELOW FOR POSTNG AS A COMMENT TO BILL BONNER'S, BPR SUBSTACK, ESSAY OF OCTOBRER 11TH.
IT NOW OCCURS TO ME THAT THE AGE GROUP ADDRESSED BY MAXIM MAY BE THOSE WHO COULD PROFIT MOST BY INTERNALIZING THIS MESSAGE. LIAM
.
.
EXCELLENT BILL---AS ALWAYS. THANKS FOR ADDING CYNICALISM TO OUR ETYMOLOGICAL EXCURSIONS. PERMIT ME TO COIN ANOTHER: "SINERGY'. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH "SYNERGY". BUT INSTEAD, WITH THE ROOT WORD "SIN". NOTE THAT WAR ALMOST ALWAYS (PERHAPS THE "ALMOST" IS NOT NEEDED) HAS ROOTS IN POWER, MONEY, AND SEX. NOTE ALSO, MONEY, POWER, AND SEX, ARE ALSO OFTEN CITED AS THE ROOTS OF EVIL, i.e., "SIN".
Those people who are fomenting wars, are committing egregious sins. They are preparing to send our lambs to slaughter. Do not allow yourself to be one of their victims. IT IS A CON GAME, MY FRIENDS. RUN BY THE RICHEST OF THE RICH FOR THE PURPOSE OF AGGRANDIZING THEIR ALREADY OBSCENE WEALTH. DO NOT BE CONNED YET AGAIN.
ALMOST ALWAYS, WHEN WE READ ABOUT WAR, THE WRITER EXPRESSES HIMSELF IN TERMS OF MONEY, WAR MATERIEL EXPENDED, CASUALTIES, ETC.
HOW CASUALLY DOES THE WORD "CASUALTIES" ROLL OFF OUR TONGUES.
PLEASE PERMIT ME TO COIN AN ACRONYM. UHMs---NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH OHMs.
BY UHMs I AM REFERRING TO "UNITS OF HUMAN MISEREY". AND NOT JUST THE MISERY OF THE BRAVE SOULS WHO MUST MARCH OFF TO WAR. BUT ALSO, THE MISERY OF THOSE WHO STAY HOME---AND FIE. AND PERHAPS MOST TORTURED OF ALL---THE WEE ONES WITH THEIR WEE BIT OF BIT OF MEMORY OF THEIR BELOVED PAPA WHO WENT OFF TO WAR---AND NEVER RETURNED. PERHAPS THESE WEE ONES ARE THE GREATEST VICTIMS OF ALL. FOR IT IS THEY WHO WILL CARRY THEIR PAIN, GRIEF, AND SORROW TO THEIR GRAVES. AMEN.
SINCERELY,
LIAM OF LIAM'S LADSDER
P. S. PERHAPS ONE OF OUR NUMBERS CRUNCHERS OUT THERE CAN CONVERT DOLLARS AND CENTS INTO UHMs.